tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20056539.post7131107754424931916..comments2015-08-01T05:03:08.636-07:00Comments on Movin' Meat: 756*shadowfaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648279307230813762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20056539.post-24547533895785727442007-08-10T21:19:00.000-07:002007-08-10T21:19:00.000-07:00Unlike murder, the use of steroids is not, so far ...Unlike murder, the <I>use</I> of steroids is not, so far as I can determine from a search of the codes, illegal in either California or Federal law. Providing them, prescribing them, manufacturing them, distributing them all do seem to be restricted.<BR/><BR/>So, <I>if</I> Barry Bonds is found to have participated in the use of steroids, and <I>if</I> he is determined to have done so knowingly, then it would be reasonable to assume he had participated in an illegal activity. Allow me to extend to Mr. Bonds the standard presumption of innocence in legal matters which we customarily allow to all people in such conditions.<BR/><BR/>But MLB surely didn't care. Sports that care, enforce.JohnShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12092772204400280948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20056539.post-29332969097691096812007-08-10T20:31:00.000-07:002007-08-10T20:31:00.000-07:00What does it mean that baseball has no rule agains...What does it mean that baseball has no rule against something that it illegal? johns, would baseball honor a record that a person killed another person to attain? Baseball has no rule against murder, but we'd think of baseball's rules as a subset of the law of the United States on some level, wouldn't we? Especially if the breaking of those laws substantially led to enhanced performance?<BR/><BR/>wluibMatt Dickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731018937989711921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20056539.post-14314083324929195042007-08-10T14:29:00.000-07:002007-08-10T14:29:00.000-07:00Tiki Barber got it right on the 8/9 Tonight Show -...Tiki Barber got it right on the 8/9 Tonight Show - MLB had no rule against steroids; the owners and league were well aware of such enhancement use and did nothing about it, because it brought fans into the stands. If you want to condemn all of major league baseball as complicit in an immoral conspiracy, so be it.<BR/><BR/>Criticizing only Bonds for playing under the rules as they exist is unfair.JohnShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12092772204400280948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20056539.post-12236619837470016322007-08-10T09:27:00.000-07:002007-08-10T09:27:00.000-07:00I keep going back to this story and trying to find...I keep going back to this story and trying to find a way to tell people to settle down and give the guy a break because that is my natural disposition.<BR/><BR/>Can't do it. Right or wrong, I think he cheated and I think he deserves an asterisk.JimIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15490036980295467544noreply@blogger.com